Usually means: Leading or initiating an effort.
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  1. spearheading: Merriam-Webster
  2. spearheading: Collins English Dictionary
  3. spearheading: Vocabulary.com
  4. Spearheading, spearheading: Wordnik
  5. spearheading: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. spearheading: Wiktionary
  7. spearheading: Dictionary.com
  8. spearheading: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. spearheading: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (spearhead)

noun:  The pointed head, or end, of a spear.
noun:  One who leads or initiates an activity (such as an attack or a campaign).
noun:  The leading military unit in an attack.
noun:  (sports) A player who initiates attacking moves.
verb:  (transitive) To drive or campaign ardently for, as an effort, project, etc.
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